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WIA is discontinued but ready to be given to loving hands. No credit needed, I won't be keeping track of who uses it so it's anyone's game. Not required but I hope/wish that if someone wants to use this story they will rewrite the original chapters. please PM me if you do so I can give it a read, and my PMs are always open. Also you can find me under asceticism on ao3, tumblr, or here on fff.

So, here's the deal. I haven't updated this story or used this account for anything except following stories in a little over two years. Who I Am was a story that I created around four years ago, and it's something that I will always cherish. It was my first story that got a lot of positive feedback and I feel as though it really helped me grow in confidence and, in general as a creator here on ff. But when I started this story, I was twelve years old, probably eleven when I first had the idea, and I won't lie; this story is definitely not my best work. For me, looking at it now, it has quite a few issues, and there's a lot of things I want to fix.

That being said, I've tried multiple times over the last two years to continue writing for WIA, whether that be new content or revising the old content. I haven't managed either. The fact of the matter is that I don't follow Fairy Tail anymore, and I haven't since before I posted chapter six of WIA. I know that there are a lot of people who follow this story, and because it's been four years I imagine a lot of those people have grown and probably also find this story a bit sloppy.

The bare bones of WIA is, in my mind, still interesting. The dragons is a bit much, but I was young, and my dream for Lucy was to basically have her as a badass Dragon Goddess. A little Mary Sue, but I had fun with it. Other than that, the premise of Lucy getting stronger and more independent is something that I would still write today, if I followed Fairy Tail anymore, which I don't. But the bones of WIA are still good, in my mind, and the story isn't all that offensive, grammar and spelling-wise, I've just grown up a lot more than I thought I would, and I grew up without this story aging beside me.

I don't want to delete WIA because it seems like a well-loved story and, at one point in time, was also well loved by me. However, I simply don't have plans to continue this story anymore and I have no intentions of continuing to give people false hope that I may update.

Instead, I want to give this story to you guys, the people who loved it very much over the years, and who may still love it. I want to hand WIA over to someone, or multiple someones, who will love it just as much as I did in the beginning. And yes, I said multiple. I won't be restricting who can and who can't continue this story, or what those people decide to do with it if they do. Granted, I did mention that, while the bones of WIA are still good, she's a little sloppy in terms of actual writing. I would like, if anyone does decide to take it, that they fix my mistakes where I no longer have the motivation to do so.

In simpler terms: please don't just take the six chapters I have and copy-paste them before continuing on. Since they're up for being adopted, I expect that most things will be the same from the original chapters, but please make sure to go through and at least fix things that don't sound right/ are off/ don't make sense. With that in mind, if you, reader, want Who I Am but just hate the way all the original chapters sound, okay. I don't mind if you take the whole plot, rip it up, and piece it back together with your own writing and styling. Because I'm not just giving this story to a singular person, I would generally prefer if the story is rewritten by individual people who want to continue it.

I don't mind or care if there is no credit to me mentioned in the title, summary, author notes, etc. But I would ask that you just shoot me a PM after you've published it, just so that I can look at it, maybe. Speaking of which, I am still actively reading fanfics n this account ( which I will soon not be doing) and because it's linked to a gmail I use frequently, I will be able to reply to any PM's or reviews with questions, comments or concerns.

I can send whoever needs it a link for the google docs of chapters three through six plus an unfinished chapter seven and maybe two or three small bits of the story that were for future chapters. If anyone for any reason needs chapters one and two I, and who knows why, no longer have those as docs, and will have to copy paste them from where I can view the preview for WIA. If enough people need them, I might make them into docs, but as I mentioned, I would generally prefer/wish that the story be rewritten, meaning the ability to copy/paste chapters wouldn't be necessary.

And, if any of you would like, you can still catch up with me here on ff under the username asceticism. I literally have one drabble because I try not to post anything I know I won't finish, but I'm there. You can also find me on ao3 where I just bookmark stories under the same username asceticism, or on tumblr where I basically do absolutely nothing but mess with the HTML coding on my theme, also under asceticism.

Anyways, thank you so, so, so much for everyone who followed, favorited, reviewed or even looked at this story. And thank you to the many of you who have been here since the beginning, since I was a little girl with a desire to write. I'm sorry that I can't continue this story, and if anyone feels disappointed, I'm extremely sorry for that. As I mentioned, feel free to PM me anytime.

I love you guys,

Slugface :)